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Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-005

Description: Shows a spirited group of three Maori, two men and one woman, each on horseback, galloping from left to right in profile. The woman wears a top hat, and the men wear peaked caps. The woman rides sidesaddle. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - William Strutt 1856.; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 190 x 255 mm

Date: ca 1880s

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 1/1-006109-G

Description: View of the first bowling green in New Plymouth, from Marsland Hill looking north. The green was situated on Upper Brougham St. Photgraph taken by William Andrews Collis. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative

Date: [ca 1860]

Reference: 1/2-011751-F

Description: Raupo house near New Plymouth, ca 1860. Taken by an unidentified photographer. Note on back of file print reads "see also 1/2-111063 which is the same image, but cropped" "The kennel on the right suggests that a large dog shares this home. Equipment for doing the laundry can be seen by the hedge on the right. Raupo, a marsh reed, was a traditional building material of the Maori. The raupo was tied in bundles and lashed to a wooden framework with flax. The roof was then thatched. These homes were cheap and quick to build, and relatively weathertight. They were, however, highly inflammable and were eventually forbidden in towns. The imported doors and windows would later be transferred to a more permanent home." (Information taken from caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display). Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1860

By: Gully, John, 1819-1888; Day & Son (Firm)

Reference: B-051-015

Description: Shows a number of block-houses grouped round the settlement. Mt Egmont is in the distance and the sea in the foreground. The perspective of the foreground is a bird's-eye view. It includes the houses, St Mary's church, and other buildings of New Plymouth After a watercolour by John Gully in Archives New Zealand. See Ellis, E. M. & D. G. Early prints of NZ (Christchurch, 1972), item no. 630 The majority of these forts were never built Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph in tints, 221 x 340 mm on sheet 320 x 400 mm

Date: ca 1880s

From: Creator of collection unknown :Contact prints from 10x12 negatives of scenes in the Wairarapa, Manawatu-Wanganui and Taranaki regions

Reference: PAColl-3722-2-58

Description: Streets in New Plymouth. Looks along the rooftops of houses and other buildings. Shows the beach on the left. Photograph by William Andrews Collis circa 1880s. Photographer's inscription on neg reads: "N P From Convent" Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - N P From Convent Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 25.6 x 30.6 cm

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920 :Negatives of Taranaki

Reference: 10x8-1044-G

Description: Overlooking New Plymouth with Mount Taranaki in the background. Photograph taken by William Andrews Collis, circa 1880s. Signs advertising the Daily News office and Veale's Buildings are visible. Note on back of file print reads "New Plymouth. Streets. Devon" Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1890

By: Blomfield, William, 1866-1938; New Zealand observer and free lance (Newspaper)

Reference: J-056-002

Description: Prime Minister Harry Atkinson sinks beneath the waves as the Liberal Ministry wanes, weighed down by rocks tied to his feet named Civil Service, Jobbery, Extravagance, N[ew] P[lymouth] Harbour, Property Tax and Judge Edwards. Meanwhile a shark (William Rees) watches Published in 'Grant, Ian F. Public Lives - New Zealand's Premiers and Prime Ministers 1856-2003 (Book title)' 2003. Extended Title - The old man of the sea is IN the sea at last, while Rees, Ballance, Fish and other small fry are nibbling at him. Quantity: 1 photocopy/ies. Physical Description: A3 size laser copy.

Date: 1855 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-001

Description: Nine Maori men engaged in a haka with a mixture of Maori and European weapons and clothing. A large low rock in the foreground, and three carved canoe prows drawn up, suggesting a beach location at New Plymouth Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title; also lower left, signature: William Strutt. Both inscriptions in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 200 x 295 mm

Date: 8 Mar 1852

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0676B-06

Description: Letter from Tumu and Tawhao regarding land in New Plymouth with a note from George Grey Quantity: 1 piece (3 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1847

From: Collinson, Thomas Bernard 1822-1902 :Seven years service on the borders of the Pacific Ocean, 1843-1850

By: Collinson, Thomas Bernard, 1822-1902

Reference: A-292-061

Description: A detailed view of the houses and streets in the town from a high viewpoint, (the hill behind St Mary's Church) looking out to the west towards the sea. St Mary's Church and the churchyard are in the left foreground. The names of several house-owners are given, along with details of other features, including the houses of [William] Lakeman, Dorset, [Richard] Brown, "G. Inn" [Government Inn?] New Zealand Company houses [i.e. the immigration barracks], the gaol, Kawau Pa on the right, near the sea, a store (or stone?) house, the mill [Huatoki] stream, grass, streets, the bridge and gardens. The position of the South Huatoki Reef is also given, just out to sea, in line with the corner of the pa on the right. Brougham Street runs down the centre of the view, diagonally from the right bottom corner, with Vivian Street branching off to the right. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 163 x 243 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - March 1993, from [MS 50].

Date: ca 1857

Reference: PAColl-2238

Description: View of New Plymouth, captioned Taranaki NZ, looking south to township with Marsland Hill stockade in the distance on the left and St Mary's Anglican Church on the right of Marsland Hill. Photographer unknown. Cut down from a 1/2 plate negative. Arrangement: Negative housed at 1043 10x8 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1884

From: Making New Zealand :Negatives and prints from the Making New Zealand Centennial collection

By: Collis, William Andrews, 1853-1920

Reference: MNZ-1501-1/2-F

Description: Photograph of a surf boat used for landing early settlers at New Plymouth. From left on the boat: Thomas Inch, Fred Joseph, George Cock, Harry Cock. Behind the Boat: T James. Standing in front of the boat from left: J Gyde, S Holford, T B Blanchett, J W Parker, Sgt Riley, M McConnall, Ben Fox, J Harvey, Jock Fraser. Boys on the left: Harry Boswell, Richard Cock, Sam Roberts. The Horse is Duke. Photographed by William Andrews Collis in 1884 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

Date: 1860

From: Urquhart album

By: Hamley, Joseph Osbertus, 1820-1911; Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878

Reference: PA1-q-250-05

Description: Photograph of an ink and watercolour painting, dated 1860 and signed by Joseph Osbertus Hamley. Looks over New Plymouth from Marsland Hill. St Mary's Anglican church is in the foreground. The Huatoki River is visible. The camp on the right is occupied by Imperial forces of the 65th Regiment, under the command of Lieutenant Urquhart. Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie circa 1861. Hamley's painting is probably a copy of an Edwin Harris lithograph held in the Taranaki Museum. Arrangement: In folder stored with album Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 13.3 x 21.3 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on card 18.4 x 21.2 cm Processing information: Record was updated on 15 August 2022 to allow the attached digital surrogate to be purchasable.

Date: 26 Jun 1852

From: McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0032-0676C-27

Description: Draft reply in English to letter from Parata Te Huia, 24 Jun 1852 regarding land Quantity: 1 piece (4 pages on 1 leaf).

Date: 1850 - 1860

By: Smith, Hannah Stephenson, 1813-1891; Gorton, Millicent, 1877-1966

Reference: A-036-004

Description: The artist's house and garden with Mount Taranaki in the background Identification, attribution and dates from Hannah Smith's other drawing Oku Warra Taranacki, 1851, A-090-032 Oku Warra, the home of the parents of Stephenson Percy Smith, was first occupied by the family in 1850 and burned down in 1860 during the Taranaki wars Inscriptions: Verso - Mrs Gorton, Badingham Rectory, Saxmundahm [sic], England, Suffolk Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on laid brown paper 130 x 122 mm (irregular)

Date: [ca 1890s]

From: McArthurs Auction :Photographs of early drawings and paintings of Taranaki, and photographs of Hawke's Bay, Greymouth and others

Reference: PA1-o-405-14

Description: Flo Avery and Adele Avery with the first two bicycles in New Plymouth, circa 1890. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1864

From: [Warre, Henry James] 1819-1898 :[Sketchbook]

By: Warre, Henry James, 1819-1898

Reference: E-294-041

Description: Two sailing ships standing out to sea on the left, with a rowboat being propelled through the waves and about to land on the beach, met by three men. Cliffs on the right. The view is from the shore, looking north-west out to sea. New Plymouth had no harbour in the 1860s, and all landings needed to be made in this way Extended Title - From: Warre, Henry. [Sketchbook ] 1864-1865. p.41 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom centre - title in pencil Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 105 x 173 mm

Date: 1860

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-012

Description: View in New Plymouth, looking east towards Mount Taranaki, with St Mary's church below Marsland Hill and stockade in the centre, other buildings in the foreground, including another church [?], possibly the Wesleyan chapel, at the skyline on the left beside a cabbage tree, Huatoki Stream, two Maori families, a European on horseback at the stream's edge and two European women doing their washing in the stream. On the verso are streaks of blue paint, where the artist has tried out various colours Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title and date in ink; Album page - beneath image - Taranaki N.Z. [images removed from album, but album is stored in the adjacant box] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 154 x 215 mm Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: 1865 - 1875

By: Arden, Francis Hamar, 1841-1899

Reference: A-457-010

Description: A scene at the base of the foothills of Mount Taranaki, showing a simple farmhouse with a smoking chimney in the foreground right, and with a smaller outbuilding behind it. A farmer is seated in the paddock to the viewer's left of the house, amongst a number of sheep, all of which have red markings on their backsides. The house has a low, densely- wooded hill rising behind it, and beyond that, more rain-forested hills stretching towards Mount Taranaki The farmhouse depicted could be the same house situated behind James Robson's farmhouse in B-187-018, but this is uncertain Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on paper, 150 x 225 mm (sight)

Date: 1850

By: Stewart, John Tiffin, 1827-1913; Chapman, George Thomson, 1824-1881

Reference: A-104-008

Description: Shows New Plymouth and Mount Egmont seen from the sea See Ellis "Early Prints of New Zealand" [1978] No. 485 [but cf. 592-7] Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Taranaki from the roadstead, 1850 / Chapman, Queen St. Auckland; Recto - bottom left - J. T. S. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph [on yellow paper] 127 x 192 mm